Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (C.R.)

Resurrectionists

Also known as: Resurrektionisten (Deutsch) / Congregazione della Resurrezione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo (Resurrezionisti) (Italiano) / Congregatio a Resurrectione D.N.I.Chr. (latine) / Congrégation de la Résurrection de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ (français) / Zgromadzenie Zmartwychwstania Pana Naszego Jezusa Chrystusa (polski) / Congregação da Ressurreição de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo (Português)

Type: Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right (for Men)

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

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History

1836.02.17: Established as Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists) (English) / Resurrektionisten (Deutsch) / Congregazione della Resurrezione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo (Resurrezionisti) (Italiano) / Congregatio a Resurrectione D.N.I.Chr. (latine) / Congrégation de la Résurrection de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ (français) / Zgromadzenie Zmartwychwstania Pana Naszego Jezusa Chrystusa (polski) / Congregação da Ressurreição de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo (Português) / C.R.

Contact Info

Address: Via S. Sebastianello 11, 00187 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.679.59.08

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Paul Stanley Voisin, C.R. (2017.06.15 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Bernard Hylla, C.R. (2011.06.14 – 2017.06.15)
Superior General:	Fr. Norbert Raszeja, C.R. (2005 – 2011.06.14)
Superior General:	Fr. Sutherland MacDonald, C.R. (1993 – 2005)
Superior General:	Fr. Robert Joseph Kurtz, C.R. (85) (later Bishop) (1981 – 1993)
Superior General:	Fr. Tadeusz Kaszuba, C.R. (1975 – 1981)
Superior General:	Fr. Józef Obuchowski, C.R. (1969 – 1975)
Superior General:	Fr. Hubert Gehl, C.R. (1965 – 1969)
Superior General:	Fr. Alphons Eicheldinger, C.R. (1959 – 1965)
Superior General:	Fr. John Mix, C.R. (1947 – 1959)
Superior General:	Fr. Wladyslaw Kwiatkowski, C.R. (1943 – 1947)
Superior General:	Fr. Michael Jaglowicz, C.R. (1932 – 1943)
Superior General:	Fr. Jakub Jagalla, C.R. (1926 – 1932)
Superior General:	Fr. Wladyslaw Zapala, C.R. (1920 – 1926)
Superior General:	Fr. Jan Kasprzycki, C.R. (1905 – 1920)
Superior General:	Fr. Pawel Smolikowski, C.R. (1895 – 1905)
Superior General:	Fr. Walerian Przewlocki, C.R. (1886 – 1895)
Superior General:	Fr. Piotr Semenenko, C.R. (1873 – 1886)
Superior General:	Fr. Hieronim Kajsiewicz, C.R. (1854 – 1873)
Superior General:	Fr. Józef Hube, C.R. (1848 – 1854)
Superior General:	Fr. Hieronim Kajsiewicz, C.R. (1845 – 1848)
Superior General:	Fr. Piotr Semenenko, C.R. (1842 – 1845)

Founders

Founder:	Fr. Piotr Semenenko, C.R. (1836.02.17)
Founder:	Fr. Hieronim Kajsiewicz, C.R. (1836.02.17)
Founder:	Fr. Bogdan Jański, C.R. (1836.02.17)

Living Bishops (2 Bishops)

Bishop Robert Joseph Kurtz, C.R. (85), Bishop emeritus of Hamilton (Bermuda)

Bishop Wiesław Śpiewak, C.R. (61), Bishop of Hamilton (Bermuda)

Deceased Bishops (2 Archbishops, 5 Bishops)

2000: Bishop Nino Marzoli, C.R., Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

1997: Bishop Brian Leo John Hennessy, C.R., Bishop of Hamilton (Bermuda)

1974: Bishop Bernard James Murphy, C.R., Bishop of Hamilton (Bermuda)

1966: Bishop Robert Stephen Dehler, C.R., Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands (Bermuda)

1962: Archbishop Salvatore Baccarini, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy)

1951: Bishop Ivan Garufaloff, C.R., Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria)

1918: Archbishop Joseph Weber, C.R., Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

Australia

Church of the Good Shepherd, Mulgrave, Victoria

Brazil

Igreja da Imaculada Conceição, Franco da Rocha, São Paulo

Canada

Church of All Souls, Hamilton, Ontario
Church of St. Agatha, St. Agatha, Ontario
Church of St. Anthony, Oakville, Ontario
Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Kitchener, Ontario
Church of St. Joseph, Brantford, Ontario
Church of St. Mary Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, Kitchener, Ontario
Church of St. Michael, Waterloo, Ontario
Church of St. Stanislaus, Hamilton, Ontario
Church of the Sacred Heart, Kitchener, Ontario

Italy

Chiesa della Resurrezione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo, Roma, Roma, Lazio
Chiesa di San Maurizio Martire ad Acilia, Acilia, Roma, Lazio
Santuario Madre delle Grazie della Mentorella, Capranica Prenestina, Roma, Lazio

Slovakia

Kostol Mena Panny Márie, Veľké Leváre, Bratislava

Ukraine

Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, Sambir (Самбiр), Lviv Oblast

USA

Proto-Cathedral of St. Mary, Van Nuys, California
Basilica of St. Hyacinth, Chicago, Illinois
Church of Mary, Seat of Wisdom, Park Ridge, Illinois
Church of Our Lady of the Desert, Apple Valley, California
Church of Our Lady of the Lake, Lake Arrowhead, California
Church of St. Anne in the Mountains, Running Springs, California
Church of St. Hedwig, Chicago, Illinois
Church of St. Joan of Arc, Blythe, California
Church of St. John the Baptist, Johnsburg, Illinois
Church of St. Joseph, Big Bear Lake, California
Church of St. Mark, Wheaton, Illinois
Church of St. Matthew, Schaumburg, Illinois
Church of St. Paul, Lucerne Valley, California
Church of St. Scholastica, Woodridge, Illinois
Church of St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr, Chicago, Illinois
Church of St. Stanislaus Kostka, Chicago, Illinois
Church of St. Wenceslaus, Chicago, Illinois
Church of the Holy Trinity, Westmont, Illinois
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Morris, Illinois
Church of the Resurrection, Montgomery, Alabama
Church of the Resurrection, Woodstock, Illinois
National Shrine of Mary Immaculate, Queen of Universe, Lombard, Illinois

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 46

Members: 281 (239 priests)

Last updated on 2025.02.18

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